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EXHIBIT A CHILDREN'S SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2022-23 GRANT APPLICATION Agency Name: Redlands Christian Migrant Association Address: 402 W Main Street, Immokalee, FL, 34142, US Executive Director: Isabel Garcia Email: grants@rcma.org Phone: (239) 658-3560 Program Director: Nydia Guzman Program Address: 111 N Maple Street, Fellsmere, Florida 32948 Email: nydia@rcma.org Phone: (772) 571-9015 Program(s) Name: Enhancing Infant and Toddler Care Focus Area(s): Early Childhood Development PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Enhancing Infant and Toddler Care (EITC) program supports educational and other services for infants and toddlers as well as their families at the Whispering Pine center in Fellsmere. It subsidizes the cost of five staff members for two hours per day. Supporting caregivers, a child's most important resource, is needed expressly for infants and toddlers due to the required adult child ratios and the 10 -hour day. Additionally, the centers maintain the increased intentional language experiences for children through a mentor teacher hired as a result of this award. These efforts benefit the children's future literacy and health, build staff capacity to deliver quality language experiences in and out of the classroom. It engages staff in intentional conversations that are replicated in the classroom setting. The mentor teacher observes and videotapes the classroom environment and provides feedback to help staff and parents increase the quality language experiences for the children. Being born into a lower socioeconomic status family does not prevent a child from realizing his or her full potential especially if a parent or caregiver engages in daily and frequent intelligent interactions with the child during the critical first three years of life. Parent workshops is also provided as part of these programs. The projected number of unduplicated children to be served is one hundred twenty-nine (129).